Millersville's Ann Kovacs and Erin Madison were among those honored by the USTFCCCA for its annual track and field All-Academic awards.

Kovacs, a Bethlehem Catholic graduate majoring in mathematics, had a 3.95 GPA and produced an NCAA provisional mark in the hammer throw with a toss of 51.61 meters.

Madison, a Pocono Mountain East product majoring in psychology, had a cumulative GPA of 3.61 and her NCAA provisional time came in the 400-meter hurdles (a school-record time of 1:00.85).

Both also were USTFCCCA All-Region performers in May.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the athlete must compile a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25 and have reached a provisional or automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Championships in either indoor or outdoor seasons. There were 422 women on this list from 99 schools.

Beca director of admissions and football coach Joe Henrich passed along the new-look Golden Hawk logo in an email today. You can see it to the right.

Bethlehem Catholic will be part of a yet-to-be named division featuring Allen, Dieruff, East Stroudsburg North, East Stroudsburg South, Pleasant Valley, Pocono Mountain East, Pocono Mountain West and Stroudsburg for the inaugural Eastern Pennsylvania Conference football season. Practices for most fall sports open Aug. 11.

Kutztown seniors Zach Greenwaldand Sam Douganhave been named to the 2014 USA College Football Division II Pre-Season All-America second team.

Greenwald enjoyed his second consecutive All-PSAC Second Team honor last season. He tallied 68 tackles, but made his mark by getting into the backfield with a team-leading 20.5 tackles for loss, second in the PSAC. He also had eight sacks for fourth in the conference.

Greenwald, a three-year member and two-time captain of the Golden Bears, has 173 career tackles and 31 tackles for loss.

Dougan is a two-time all-conference award winner after earning second team honors last season. He made a career-high 90 tackles in 2012 and put up nearly identical numbers in 2013 with 88 tackles despite not playing in the final game of the season due to injury. He made his most significant improvement from two years ago by making tackles in the backfield with a career-high 14 tackles for loss, seventh in the PSAC. He also had a career-high four sacks last season.

Through three seasons, Dougan has 194 career tackles and aims to be the 17th Golden Bear in program history to record 200 career tackles.

The All-America teams are selected by a national panel including Head Coaches, Sports information Directors, members of the Football Writers Association of America, Metropolitan New York Football Writers Association, New England Football Writers Association and Philadelphia Football Writers, pro football scouts plus staff journalists of Lindy's Sports Annuals, The Sports Network and USA Football News.

Matt Kacyon, a Whitehall High School graduate, recently wrapped up a successful track season for Temple.

The junior is carrying a 3.64 GPA in film and media arts and was named to the Philadelphia Inquirer All-Area team.

Kacyon broke the school record in the indoor 5,000-meter run in the winter and qualified for the NCAA preliminary round in Jacksonville earlier this month in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, where he was ranked 16th in the East Region. He was third in the event at the IC4A Championships. He took second place in that same event at the American Athletic Conference Championships, where he also placed fourth in the 5,000.

He is a two-time Temple President's Honor Roll recipient and was named to the 2013 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

The inaugural season of Eastern Pennsylvania Conference football should feature at least a half-dozen Division I prospects.

One top player may not be around in 2014.

Nazareth running back Jordan Gray did not participate in new coach Tom Falzone’s spring minicamp. Falzone said Gray attended an initial meeting after Falzone was hired and came to one subsequent workout, but he hasn’t been with the program since.

Falzone also said he didn’t know whether Gray would be part of the Blue Eagles going forward.

“That would be a bonus for us,” he said.

Gray has been a starter at Nazareth since his freshman season in 2011. He has run for 3,896 yards and scored 56 total touchdowns, putting him on pace to break schools records in both categories. Gray needs 471 yards to pass Chuck Dibilio (4,366 rushing yards) for the top spot on the school’s all-time rushing list. He needs two touchdowns to surpass the 57 Dibilio scored.

Gray has run for at least 920 yards in each of his first three varsity seasons. He set a District 11 freshman record by running for 1,663 yards in 2011, helping the Blue Eagles win Lehigh Valley Conference and District 11 Class 4A titles.

Gray ran for 1,313 yards and scored 21 total touchdowns last season despite missing one game while suspended. Among Lehigh Valley Conference players, only Parkland’s Kareem Williams (1,932 yards) and Whitehall’s Saquon Barkley (1,506 yards) ran for more yards than Gray.

All the Lehigh Valley Conference, Colonial League and Mountain Valley Conference baseball teams are now done for the season. Tamaqua is the last Morning Call-area team standing.

So, it's time to take one final look at the LVC, Colonial League and MVC standings. Notre Dame-Green Pond wound up with the most wins of any team from those three leagues, collecting 21 wins. Parkland was next, winning 20 games.

While the high school baseball season only has one week left, we will have more coverage to come through the end of the month. The Carpenter Cup starts next week, with Lehigh Valley playing Thursday. Later in the month, we will unveil our all-area package, including the team of the year, coach of the year, player of the year and pitcher of the year.

Notre Dame-Green Pond will play at a familiar site for District 11 baseball teams that reach the state playoffs.

The Crusaders will take on District 4 champion Loyalsock in a PIAA Class 2A quarterfinal Thursday night at Walter M. Stump Stadium in Pine Grove. Loyalsock is the defending 2A state champion. The Lancers beat Salisbury in the state semifinals last year.

The Notre Dame-Loyalsock game is the back half of a doubleheader. The first game will pit District 4 champion Canton against District 1 champion Devon Prep in a Class A quarterfinal (4 p.m.).

Tamaqua will also play a state quarterfinal Thursday. The Blue Raiders will face District 4 champion Jersey Shore in a 3A matchup at 2 p.m. at King's College. This is Tamaqua's second straight trip to the state quarterfinals.

Morning Call Sports Reporters Stephen Miller and Tom Housenick blog about high school and college sports action on and off the field in and around the Lehigh Valley, only at themorningcall.com.

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TOM HOUSENICK watches every move Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum makes on the court, laughs at every joke by Lafayette coach Fran O’Hanlon and watches all the Divisions II and III coaches and players do it for the love of the game. Basketball makes the cold weather season go by fast. Already can’t wait for late February and early March when each possession could result in a season ending or continuing on.

Wrapping up his ninth year at The Morning Call, STEPHEN MILLER is back for year No. 4 on the LVC football beat. He chronicled Central Catholic's state-championship run in 2010, watched Nazareth win its first LVC title in 2011 and saw the league crown tri-champions for the first time in 2012. He has also covered the Phillies, college football and a variety of prep sports while with The Morning Call. To stay updated on the 2013 LVC football season, check out the Varsity blog and follow him on Twitter @mcall_smiller.